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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Hobbes say people attribute that which is unknown?
(a) to imagination
(b) to scientific researsh
(c) to ghosts and spirits
(d) to God and religion

2. What does Hobbes say is needed to protect people from danger?
(a) civil laws
(b) a strong militia
(c) strong churches
(d) a choice of weapons

3. When is there nothing illegal or unjust in any action done by anyone?
(a) when no one is looking
(b) when there are guidelines
(c) when the commonwealth is too spread out
(d) when there is no commonwealth

4. How does Hobbes see the commonwealth?
(a) Like a steam engine
(b) Like an army
(c) Like a church
(d) Like an artificial man

5. What is the sovereign's right in legal matters?
(a) the right to confiscate property when two or more subjects cannot get along
(b) the right to judge all controversies between his people
(c) the right to deny legal process to anyone he shooces
(d) the right to make decisions basked on his mood

6. What does Hobbes call the intention to do wrong or harm another?
(a) injustice before the action is carried out
(b) nothing illegal
(c) a bad idea
(d) absence of forethought

7. What does Hobbes say ends a discourse?
(a) A person learns the answer to a question or he/she gives up.
(b) A person runs out of anything to say.
(c) A person grows tired of talking and shuts up.
(d) A person speaks a different language.

8. How does Hobbes define a monarchy?
(a) In a monarchy, only the nobles hold power.
(b) In a monarchy, only one man has power.
(c) In a monarchy, all the people hold power.
(d) In a monarchy, the assembly holds power.

9. What is the term he uses for reasoning with another person?
(a) Stygmatizing
(b) disconcerting
(c) Signifying
(d) Arguing

10. When many people first get together, what are they called?
(a) A multitude
(b) A hodge podge
(c) A mob
(d) A gaggle

11. What option does Hobbes say everyone has?
(a) to work or play
(b) to live or die
(c) to live in misery or happiness
(d) to talk or be quiet

12. What, left uncontrolled, does Hobbes say can lead to misery and unhappiness?
(a) hunger, alcohol, and hedonism
(b) competition, harmful shyness, and vain glory
(c) personality, education, and drive
(d) pride, sloth, and gluttany

13. What is a counselor's disadvantage in speaking only to one man?
(a) He can be more forceful.
(b) He can be attacked.
(c) He can be misquoted.
(d) He can be interrupted.

14. How does Hobbes describe his compound imagination?
(a) Like seeing a carriage and a house and imagining a train
(b) Like seeing a man and a horse and imagining a centaur
(c) Like seeing a dog and a cat and imagining a kangaroo
(d) Like seeing an appl and an orange and imagining a melon

15. How does Hobbes classify discourse that cannot be proven?
(a) scientific
(b) opinion
(c) attitudes
(d) theorems

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hobbes say a person is doing when he stops defending himself?

2. What does Hobbes call reasoning with oneself?

3. What does Hobbes define as moral virtues?

4. What kinds of questions does Hobbes say people have little interest in?

5. Where can a monarch go for advice?

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